Editing Surplus store (section)

=== By country ===

==== Canada ====
Known as army surplus stores, these typically also carry sporting goods related to hunting, fishing, and camping.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==== China ====
[[File:Army surplus store - 01.jpg|thumb|right|An army surplus store in [[Haikou]], [[Hainan Province]], China]]
Army surplus stores in China are common. They mostly specialize in clothing, footwear, [[Tarpaulin|tarpaulins]], and blankets, but also often sell [[Personal protective equipment|occupational safety equipment]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==== Germany ====
In [[Allied-occupied Germany]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] initially confiscated the stock and materials of the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'', including 500,000 tonnes of stock and over 150,000 tonnes of scrap. In 1948 a government agency, the ''Staatliche Erfassungsgesellschaft für öffentliches Gut'' ("State Collecting Company for Public Good", StEG), was formed to manage the sale of these items. In reference to the name of this agency, the army surplus was called ''Stegware'', and their stores were nicknamed "''Steg shops''". Goods sold by these stores included new and used clothing, camping equipment, and tools; early on, vehicles and heavier equipment were also sold. In the early 1950s the U.S. military began to add their own surplus from the war. The joint surplus was sold across Germany until the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-31969891.html|title=STEG-LIQUIDATION / HANDEL: Es blieb etwas hängen|date=1955-04-13|work=Der Spiegel|access-date=2017-10-25|volume=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlgyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58&dq=stegware#q=stegware|title=Wellenkrieg: Agentenfunk und Funkaufklärung des Bundesnachrichtendienstes 1945-1968|last=Müller|first=Armin|date=2017-08-21|publisher=Ch. Links Verlag|isbn=9783862844036|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txjVAAAAMAAJ&q=STEG+shops&dq=STEG+shops|title=One Million Tons of War Material for Peace: The History of STEG.|last=Magnus|first=Kurt|date=1954|publisher=R. Pflaum|language=en}}</ref>

==== United States ====
[[File:Military_surplus_mannekins.jpg|alt=Mannequins dressed in military surplus from WW2 to Vietnam.|thumb|Military uniforms displayed at an Army Navy Warehouse surplus store in the United States]]
Known as military surplus stores or army navy stores, surplus stores in the U.S. typically carry military or military-spec equipment. After the World Wars and [[Vietnam War]], large amounts of military surplus was left over from the large amounts of equipment made for drafted troops, making their stock and sale common. However, with the advent of the military being volunteer and the fighting force being smaller, most modern military stores have had to switch to selling "military-spec" items, which are civilian remakes of military items.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Brett and Kate |date=2016-10-11 |title=The Rise and Fall of the Army Surplus Store |url=https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/rise-fall-army-surplus-store/ |access-date=2020-07-12 |website=The Art of Manliness |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Military Surplus Online Stores |url=https://vocal.media/serve/best-military-surplus-online-stores |access-date=2020-07-12 |website=Serve}}</ref>